Charlie's PC

Key features

AMD CPU NVIDIA Graphics Water-cooled

The build

Well its fast, maybe not a fast as some of the latest and greatest hard ware but for a year old PC built on a budget it does quite well. It contains a fully water cooled Opteron 144 overclocked by 800Mhz to 2.61Ghz. My CPU will go a lot higher up to above 3Ghz if you increase the voltages, but I am not quite brave enough to leave it at this high settings and temperature so I have compromised with 2.61Ghz. Saying that I am very happy with my very high GPU overclock of 533Mhz compared to the standard 425Mhz. My water cooling loop consists of Pump - CPU - Duel 120mm Radiator – North Bridge – GPU – Single 120mm Radiator – Reservoir then back to the pump. This loop is quite effective and allows all the fans to be switched off when idle. Though I haven’t got round to doing this wiring job yet. I am running a duel 1600x1200 monitor set up consisting of two 19" Flat CRT’s. they are crystal clear in games and looks great at this resolution. My favorite game is FARCRY which this PC can play with all the settings maxed out. Over all I think my PC looks great and I do go on about it quite a lot which my girlfriend isn’t very happy about.

System specs

CPU
AMD Opteron 144 CABNE 0545 @ 2.61 GHz (290x9) 1.47 V
CPU Waterblock
Asetek Waterchill
Motherboard
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Karajan audio)
Northbridge Waterblock
Alphacool NexXxos NB-SLI
RAM
1 GB Corsair PC400 TwinX3200C2PT (3-3-3-8 1T)
GPU
XFX GeForce 6800GS XXX Edition 256 MB @ 533/1196
GPU Waterblock
Alphacool NexXxos NV-XP-3
Storage
160 GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA 7200 RPM
Optical
Sony Dual Layer DVD-RW
Optical
Lite-On DVD/CD-RW Combo
PSU
Akasa 460 W (120 mm Blue LED)
Case
Thermaltake Soprano ATX black with window
Radiators
Dual 120 mm Black Ice Pro + Single 120 mm Black Ice Pro
Pump/Reservoir
Asetek pump and reservoir
Fans
Blue LED fans
Monitor
2x 19" LG Flatron 915FT Plus CRT
Speaker
Logitech X-530 5.1 70 W
Lighting
Sunbeam 10 cm UV cold cathodes, 15 cm multi-color bubble light, 6x red laser LEDs

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12 Comments on Charlie's PC

#1
JdPower
Very nicely done. Wires are outta the way and hidden, and your watercooling setup is neat and nice. Good job man keep the good work coming. Also I hear you on the girlfriend thing. Sometimes I swear she plots against my computer! LOL

10/10
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JdPowerVery nicely done. Wires are outta the way and hidden, and your watercooling setup is neat and nice. Good job man keep the good work coming. Also I hear you on the girlfriend thing. Sometimes I swear she plots against my computer! LOL

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Thanks its nice to know somebody appreciates my wiring it takes a couple of hours every time I do a rebuild. Just need some more votes now.
#3
EviLZeD
as jdpower replied the wiring is really good and looks great
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#4
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
Protect the compy from that evil woman! men love pcs more than women simply coz pcs wont nag you :D
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#5
FanATIc
I had exactly the same processor, nice stepping, overclocks very well!
well done!
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#7
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Nice work and very neat plus like your water cooling loop I give you 10
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JC316
Knows what makes you tick
I love to see a good budget rig thats solid as a rock. Great cable management and water cooing. 7/10 because I think you can OC it more.
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west4ever12
i have got that same case....in the cupboard somewhere..used for about 4months before i decided it was too small for me..and now i have the mozart tx....the case looks great tho...and you have done a nice job with the watercooling.i'll give you a 9/10 for using the space and a nice system
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west4ever12
chkycharlieThanks mate, just had a look at yours. nice like it, just how many fans have you got in that thing must be about 10 or 11
i have 11 fans 5 in front and 6 at the back.....in front i have 5 120mm and at the rear i have 5 120mm and 1 80mm......all the fans are remote controlled...
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west4ever12i have 11 fans 5 in front and 6 at the back.....in front i have 5 120mm and at the rear i have 5 120mm and 1 80mm......all the fans are remote controlled...
nice, is that you fan controller above your cd drives the x shaped thing dont recognice it. can you tern your fans right off or only down to 50% like most controllers. looking for a controller my self BigNG takes my fancy but is expensive. what size radiators do you have, ive got a single 120mm and a duel 120mm
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west4ever12
chkycharlienice, is that you fan controller above your cd drives the x shaped thing dont recognice it. can you tern your fans right off or only down to 50% like most controllers. looking for a controller my self BigNG takes my fancy but is expensive. what size radiators do you have, ive got a single 120mm and a duel 120mm
yes the the x-looking thing.dont recommend it to you tho because your case has a front door as you may have already guessed i had it on the same case as yours before and for me to remotely control them i had to open the door. but it is a great gadget.you can turn them down to about 30%.i have 2 120mm radiators one is in my drive bay at the bottom and the other is at the back. i can fit in all 5 120mm radiators in this case
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